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‘My Generation’ is back. Sort of.
As promised last week, “My Generation,” creator Noah Hawley’s ABC faux docudrama that became the second casualty of the Fall season when it was yanked after just two episodes, is back.
Sort of.
All eight episodes of the series are now available on Hulu.com and iTunes. For you math geeks, that would include six outings that never aired.
Speaking of math geeks, the series — set and shot in Austin, though it nearly moved production to North Carolina — revolved around a group of stereotypical students (“the athlete,” “the nerd,” etc.) from the high school graduating class of 2000 at fictional Greenbelt High. The show’s conceit was that a documentary featuring this group had been filmed senior year and in present day, ten years on, the filmmaker had returned to find out what had become of the students.
The show featured a talented ensemble cast including Austin’s Mehcad Brooks (son of American-Statesman editorial writer Alberta Phillips) and the film community’s hope was that the series would fill the local production void left in the wake of the conclusion of “Friday Night Lights,” which was also filmed here. You can check out my brief preview of the series here.
Read the interview I conducted with Hawley during the filming of the “My Generation” pilot here.
An interview with Brett Aycock, an Iraq war veteran and Austinite who served as a military technical advisor to the series can be found here.
Read my take on the “My Generation” iPad app here.
“My Generation” episodes on Hulu here.
“My Generation” episodes on iTunes here.
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